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S. T. NORTHGUTT.

CAR COUPLING.

No. 309,559. Patented Dec. 23, 1884.

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CAR COUPLING.

:EEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,559, datedDecember 23, 1884.

Application filed January 25, 1884. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALATHIEL T. Non'rir- CUTT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooks, in the county of Marion and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Couplings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of myinvention is to control th working parts of aoar-coupling from the top of the car or from r the ground on either sideof it to secure the same against coupling automatically, or to set themto couple automatically, and to provide an interchangeable link andhook.

To this end my invention consists in the co11- struction and combinationof parts hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of aportion of a car and draw-head, part of the latter be ing broken away,showing my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion ofanother car and drawhead meeting the first one. Figs. 3 and at aredetail views.

A represents a hook pivoted to the drawhead A on a pin, B. The forwardpart of the hook is so slanted that a common link, J, or my improvedlink J, Fig. at, will slip under it, forcing it to rise and slide overinto the link when two cars meet.

G is a rock-shaft mounted on the end of the car, and provided with anarm, F, which is connected with the hook A by a chain, D, and detachablehook E.

H H are levers secured tothe rock-shaft, whereby it may be worked toraise the hook A by a person standing on the ground at either side ofthe car.

I is a hand-rod extending to the top of the car, whereby a person on thecar may work the lever H and its connections.

K is a s1ide-bar provided with hand-knobs L, which may be reached at theside of the car, and with a lever, M, extending to the top of the car.This slide-bar K may be drawn behind either of the levers H, as shown,relatively to the farther lever H, Fig. 1, to hold the hook A raised outof the path of thelink. "When the hook is in this position, the cars maymeet and be parted again without being coupled.

l is alink-lifter used to guide the link when two cars meet, havingdraw-heads of different heights. This lifter is hinged to the drawheadat Q, and is operated by means of the hand-levers X at the sides of thecar or the hand-rod Y, extending to the top of the car. The lever X is acrank of a rock-shaft, W, having another arm, V, connected with anotherrock-shaft, S, having acrank-arm, T, by means of a rod, U. Therock-shaft S is provided with fingers R, adapted to rise up beneath thelink-lifter P and to lift it when lever X is raised. By this means thelink resting on the lifter in the bottom of the drawhead may be raisedto any extent required to enter the opposite draw-head.

J is a link provided with a pin-hole, B, to be pivoted on a pin, B, inplace of the hook A. This link may be managed by the lifter P in thesame manner that the link J is; or it may be connected by means of itshook I) with the chain 1), provided to lift the hook. Then the link Jmay be raised or lowered in coupling by means ot the handles H and I.The link J is thus made interchangeable with the hook A.

E represents a trapdoor for covering the hole through which the hook Aswings in the top side of the draw-head. This door has a hole throughwhich the hook E passes freely, and it is adapted to rest on thedraw-head when the hook is down, as shown in Fig. 2, leaving the hookfree to rise and fall in use, while the hole remains covered. WVhen thehook rises, it takes the door with it, as in Fig. l.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- 1. The combination, with a draw-head having pin-holes horizontallythrough it, and a pin fitted to enter said holes removably, of a hookand a link adapted to hang interchange ably by said pin, substantially.as described, whereby the said hook and link may engage each other whenhung to opposite draw-heads.

2. The combination, with the draw-head A, the pin B, the hook A,removably hung thereon, the rock-shaft G, having arms H and F, the rodI, and the chain D, of the slide-bar K, provided with knobs L, and thehand-lever M, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the draw-head A,

the pin 13, and the hook A, hung thereon, of g the link-lifter I,pivoted inside of the draw- 13, adapted to cover the said opening and tohead, the rock-shaft S, having the fingers R rise with the hook, as setforth and for the 10 and crank T, the rock-shaft XV, having arm Vpurpose specified. and crank X the connection U, and the handw r T p irod Y, substantially as shown and described. SALATHILL BOLTHOUTL 4. Thecombination, with the draw-head A, \Vitnesses: having an opening in itstop, of the hook A, JOHN S. WALTON, pivoted in the draw-head, and thetrap-door J AMES WALTON.

